# Incident 19780708043119I: Piper PA32300, Allentown, PA, July 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Bethlehem Easton
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4089R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4089R-2021-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780708043119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ALTERNATOR STOPPED WORKING DUE TO INSUFFICIENT BELT TENSION. BOLT FOR ALTERNATOR TENSION ADJUST FOUND STRIPPED.

## Other reports on N4089R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200819012839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200819012839A), Aug 19, 2020: Piper PA-32-300 (N4089R), Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. On August 19, 2020, at 1135 EDT, a Piper PA-32-300, N4089R, registered to [privacy data omitted], stalled shortly after rotation at approximately 50FT altitude…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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